4507.141
Hearing-impaired identification card.

(A)
Any
hearing-impaired person may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for an
identification card identifying the person as hearing-impaired. The application
for a hearing-impaired identification card shall be accompanied by a signed
statement from the applicant's personal physician certifying that the applicant
is hearing-impaired. Upon receipt of the application for the identification
card and the signed statement from the applicant's personal physician, and upon
presentation by the applicant of the applicant's driver's or commercial
driver's license or motorcycle operator's license , the registrar shall issue
the applicant an identification card. A hearing-impaired person may also apply
for a hearing-impaired identification card at the time the person applies for a
driver's or commercial driver's license or motorcycle operator's license or
endorsement. Every hearing-impaired identification card shall expire on the
same date that the cardholder's driver's or commercial driver's license or
motorcycle operator's license expires.

(B)
The hearing-impaired identification card
shall be rectangular in shape, approximately the same size as an average motor
vehicle sun visor, as determined by the registrar, to enable the identification
card to be attached to a sun visor in a motor vehicle. The identification card
shall contain the heading "Identification Card for the Hearing-impaired Driver"
in boldface type, the name and signature of the hearing-impaired person to whom
it is issued, an identifying number, and instructions on the actions the
hearing-impaired person should take and the actions the person should refrain
from taking in the event the person is stopped by a law enforcement officer
while operating the motor vehicle. The registrar shall determine the preferred
manner in which a hearing-impaired motorcycle operator should carry or display
the hearing-impaired identification card, and the color and composition of, and
any other information to be included on, the identification card.

(C)
As used in this section,
"hearing-impaired" means a hearing loss of forty decibels or more in one or
both ears.